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Class of 2025 Salary Projections Mixed

February 10, 2025

By Kevin Gray

Overall, starting salary projections for the Class of 2025 are something of a mixed bag as projected movement in salaries ranges from a gain of 2.8% for agriculture and natural resources to a decrease of 3.6% for the social sciences. Read more.

Getting Noticed

What Are Employers Looking for When Reviewing College Students’ Resumes?

College students from the Class of 2025 looking to enter the job market should highlight on their resumes the attributes and skills they developed in their classwork and through their various experiential assignments. But which attributes and skills are most important to employers? Read more.

Job Outlook

Hiring Up 7.3% for the College Class of 2025

Hiring for the college Class of 2025 is expected to increase 7.3% over hiring for the Class of 2024, according to NACE’s Job Outlook 2025 survey. Read more.

Skills-Based Hiring

Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Use Skills-based Hiring Practices for New Entry-level Hires

Close to two-thirds of employers responding to the Job Outlook 2025 survey reported that they use skills-based hiring practices for new entry-level hires, and more than half use these practices always or most of the time in their hiring process. Read more.

Employment Stats

Class of 2023: Nearly 85% of Bachelor’s Grads Employed or Continuing Education Within Six Months of Graduation

Nearly 85% of Class of 2023 bachelor’s degree graduates and nearly 90% of master’s degree graduates were employed or engaged in further education within six months of graduation. Read more.

DATA BITES

4.1%

Overall unemployment rate
Bureau of Labor Statistics

7.4% (February 2025)/
5.3% (February 2024)

Unemployment rate, bachelor’s degree grads age 20 – 24
Bureau of Labor Statistics

7.3%

Projected increase in hiring for Class of 2025
Job Outlook 2025

$63,721

Mean starting salary, Class of 2023 bachelor’s degree graduates
Dashboard—First Destinations for the Class of 2023

NACE JOBWIRE

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Class of 2025 Salary Projections Mixed

What Are Employers Looking for When Reviewing College Students’ Resumes?

Hiring Up 7.3% for the College Class of 2025

Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Use Skills-based Hiring Practices for New Entry-level Hires

Class of 2023: Nearly 85% of Bachelor’s Grads Employed or Continuing Education Within Six Months of Graduation

DATA BITES

4.1%

7.4% (February 2025)/
5.3% (February 2024)

7.3%

$63,721

NACE JOBWIRE

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Class of 2025 Salary Projections Mixed

What Are Employers Looking for When Reviewing College Students’ Resumes?

Hiring Up 7.3% for the College Class of 2025

Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Use Skills-based Hiring Practices for New Entry-level Hires

Class of 2023: Nearly 85% of Bachelor’s Grads Employed or Continuing Education Within Six Months of Graduation

DATA BITES

4.1%

7.4% (February 2025)/ 5.3% (February 2024)

7.3%

$63,721

NACE JOBWIRE

7.4% (February 2025)/
5.3% (February 2024)